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2016 REPORT With support both from the Rikki Fleisher Fund for Professional Development LOOK AT WHAT YOU ACCOMPLISHED IN and from you, the Public Justice Center staff has been exploring how race equity applies to our mission to build a just society. We are committed to confronting racism at its roots and this position informs our work every day. This spring, we publicly stated our position in the following statement. HUMAN RIGHT CHAMPIONS APPELLATE TO HOUSING OF JUSTICE ADVOCACY 3 5 6 RACE EQUITY We use legal tools ACCESS TO Statement of Solidarity (originally published Spring 2016) HEALTH AND to pursue social EDUCATION th DONORS PUBLIC justice, economic On April 18 , leaders of nine Black-led organizations working for racial justice and economic STABILITY 9 development in Baltimore’s Black communities released a Statement of Solidarity to BENEFITS and race equity, 8 commemorate the first anniversary of the Baltimore Uprising. Their statement offers a counter- 10 and fundamental narrative to the mainstream media’s framing of last April’s events: making clear that the Uprising human rights. was not just about the death of Freddie Gray, and that Black-led as well as other organizations continue to work in those communities the media and policy makers have forgotten. NCCRC PRISONERS’ National Coalition for a RIGHTS The Public Justice Center is one of those other organizations, and fully supports this Statement Civil Right to Counsel 15 of Solidarity and its commitment to community-led struggle. The PJC is currently a white- 12 led organization. We use legal tools to pursue social justice, economic and race equity, and fundamental human rights. Many of our projects target the issues that impact neighborhoods NCCRC like Mr. Gray’s, neighborhoods that experience historical and current police abuse and racist National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel PJC IN THE WORKPLACE disinvestment, and the entrenched poverty, lack of economic opportunity, and substandard COMMUNITY JUSTICE housing that are its consequences. We represent tenants facing eviction and substandard housing 21 16 conditions, workers whose earned wages are stolen by their employers, homeless, foster, and NCCRC National Coalition for a unaccompanied youth who are struggling to get their free and appropriate public education, Civil Right to Counsel and families who desperately need health care.

One of our projects specifically supports community organizing efforts that are Black-led and ACCOLADES whose membership is of the impacted neighborhoods. The Public Justice Center and Right NCCRC 22 National Coalition for a to Housing Alliance (RTHA) released the report Justice Diverted: How Renters Are Processed Civil Right to Counsel in Baltimore City’s Rent Court. Now the PJC’s Human Right to Housing Project is working with the 7,000 Families Campaign, whose coalition members include RTHA, Baltimore Bloc, Showing Up for Racial Justice, Jews United for Justice, Bristol House, Chase House, and BALT, and is demanding reforms at the courts, City Hall, and Annapolis. SPECIAL The PJC is also a founding member of the Baltimore Housing Roundtable, which released the THANKS report Community + Land + Trust: Tools for Development Without Displacement. The Baltimore AWARDS Housing Roundtable is advocating for community-controlled land trusts to wrest control of our housing from developers and governments, and to create affordable housing and good paying LITIGATION jobs for low-income residents. 30TH ANNIVERSARY PARTNERSHIP CELEBRATION 23 The media and policy makers may have moved on from the people who live in neighborhoods 24 like Freddie Gray’s, but the Movement has only grown stronger in the last year, and the Public Justice Center is committed to being a supportive ally in solidarity with community-led and Black-led organizations. STAFF NEWS STAFF BOARD FINANCIALS 28 VOLUNTEERS 28 29 You can read the original Statement of Solidarity here http://bit.ly/2eK3qDu. 28

PJC 2016 | 1 “The eviction process exacerbates the problem of urban poverty by upending all the daily routines that people have come to rely on in order to get by on their meager incomes, … It disrupts children’s school attendance and their ability to learn … As a matter of law and equity it’s YOU PROTECT: unconscionable that tenants in Maryland should have far fewer rights in HUMAN RIGHT such disputes than those anywhere else in the country.” TO HOUSING “Out of House and Home,” Baltimore Sun Editorial, 12/7/2015

This year, the Public Justice Center co-led two long-term projects that analyze the crisis of affordable, equitable housing in Baltimore and proposed systemic solutions.

JUSTICE DIVERTED: The only question How Renters are Processed in the Baltimore City Rent Court “ they ask you is, 150,000 evictions are filed each year in Baltimore City’s ‘rent ‘So you agree with court.’ Nearly 7,000 families are evicted each year. The rate of rent eviction is 5.8 per 100 households, a staggering number that is nearly double the foreclosure the amount that rate at the peak of the housing crisis in 2009. is owed?’ They In December, we published an in-depth study showing how thousands of quick, don’t take the time cheap eviction actions overwhelm the Court’s capacity to fairly enforce tenants’ rights to get your side of to safe and healthy housing. This new research dives deep into Baltimore’s eviction the story. crisis, one that takes a particularly heavy toll on women and African Americans. ”

Key findings from the study include: ◆◆ Demand that landlords document their rent claims and that judges Legislative Reform ◆◆ Baltimore City’s Rent Court is strictly scrutinize their claims of The publication of Justice Diverted designed to efficiently handle its compliance with lead paint and kicked off the 7,000 Families Campaign, immense caseload by diverting licensing laws. a grassroots-led coalition – including the renters away from presenting their Right to Housing Alliance, Chase House, cases to the judge. ◆◆ Level the playing field by increasing Bristol House Tenants Association, Jews tenants’ access to legal information, ◆◆ The Court turns a blind eye to the United for Justice, Baltimore Bloc, Showing assistance at court, and legal nearly 80% of landlords who are not Up for Racial Justice, and the Public Justice representation. in compliance with the state’s lead Center – that works to stop the eviction paint laws and whose cases should ◆◆ Expand licensing and property pipeline and make lasting change for be thrown out. inspection requirements so that all renting families in Baltimore. rental housing meets health and ◆◆ Nearly 60% of renters had valid legal Widespread Media Attention safety standards. reasons to withhold rent, such as the With guidance from Voices for Civil landlord’s failure to address mold, ◆◆ Fund eviction prevention programs to Justice, we reached a large local and pests, or lack of heat. Yet more than meet the scale of the eviction crisis. national audience upon the publication of 90% of them lost their eviction case Justice Diverted. The PJC drew attention because they couldn’t afford a lawyer Justice Diverted is based on hundreds of from online, print and radio media and didn’t understand their rights surveys, extensive interviews, review of outlets including Reuters, ThinkProgress, under the law. Most landlords have court records, and court watch. Led by Slate, Bloomberg, Mother Jones, The lawyers or other representatives attorney Zafar Shah, the Public Justice International Business Times, Maryland experienced in court process. Center conducted and wrote the study in Morning and the Baltimore Sun. Pam collaboration with the Right to Housing Fessler featured the PJC’s report in a story The study recommends several reforms: Alliance, Dan Pasciuti, Ph.D., of Johns on NPR’s All Things Considered, showing Hopkins University, and Michele Cotton, ◆◆ Cut the number of eviction cases in the reality many families face with the J.D., Ph.D., of the University of Baltimore. half by requiring a pre-filing notice dismal threat of eviction nationwide. We thank the Abell Foundation for of eviction, so that renters can funding this study. adequately prepare a defense or fairly resolve the dispute out of court. Guests at the PJC 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Photo by WIDE ANGLE YOUTH MEDIA

2 | PJC 2016 PJC 2016 | 3 CHAMPIONS YOU PROTECT: OF JUSTICE together we are HUMAN RIGHT building a just society TO HOUSING

Campaign to Amend the Significant Litigation Baltimore City Charter Victories for Tenants 2016 DONORS COMMUNITY+ LAND + TRUST: In summer 2016, the PJC participated in The Public Justice Center, along with In October 2015, the Circuit Court The following donors have shared with Tools for Development Without Displacement an intense outreach campaign known as Homeless Persons Representation for Baltimore City granted plaintiffs’ the Public Justice Center generous “Housing for All” to collect signatures Project, Maryland Legal Aid, Disability motion for class certification in Tiffany contributions totaling $1,000 or more. that placed the creation of an Affordable Bennett et. al. v. Dunne Wright The Public Justice Center is a founding member of the Baltimore Rights Maryland (formerly Maryland Your gifts afford the flexibility to meet Housing Trust Fund on the November Services, LLC et al. This is a class Disability Law Center), the ACLU of injustice where it rises and to use the tools Housing Roundtable, a coalition to explore bringing more election ballot in Baltimore City. The Trust Maryland, and the national NAACP, action with eleven counts alleging an necessary to balance the scales of justice — permanently affordable, community-driven housing to Baltimore. Fund would receive ongoing public and represented the complainants. illegal fee and fee-churning scheme no matter how long it takes. We consider private funding for the production of by a Baltimore area landlord that In January 2016, the Roundtable published Community + Land + affordable housing for families in the city The complaint alleged that manages over 750 rental units. The you to be our Champions of Justice. Trust, a report detailing how Baltimore’s development policies that need it most. In order to set up the entrenched, long-term Baltimore parties have agreed to a settlement Thank you. County housing and development have failed to create affordable housing and good paying jobs for Trust Fund, we must amend the Baltimore and are now seeking final approval of City Charter so that the City Council practices exacerbated racial the settlement from the Court. The Taro J. Adachi low-income residents and offering an alternative vision that would be allowed to direct money to the segregation and denied access to Public Justice Center, with co-counsel Anonymous (numerous) prioritizes human rights and human needs. Peter Sabonis of Trust Fund. Through the efforts of United housing to persons with disabilities, Thomas Minton of Goldman & Minton, Susan D. Bennett and John C. Eidleman families with children, and other National Economic and Social Rights Initiative and PJC attorney Workers, it’s Community Development P.C., represents the tenants. The PJC Ellen and Ed Bernard persons because of race. Those Network of Maryland, the Public Justice honored the named plaintiffs in this Richard O. Berndt Matt Hill co-authored the report. practices included exclusionary zoning Center, many other organizations, dozens case with the 2016 John P. Sarbanes The Lois and Irving Blum Foundation, Inc. of volunteers, and 41 churches across the resistance to subsidized housing and Courage Award. At the overflowing launch event, the Baltimore Housing Roundtable announced Michael Booth and Kristine Smets city, the Housing For All Coalition delivered openly discriminatory housing and the report’s 20/20 vision to create permanently affordable housing, employ city development policies — funded, Paul S. Caiola and Vanessa D. Billings residents, strengthen Baltimore neighborhoods, and restore trust: almost 18,500 signatures to the Baltimore The Court sanctioned one landlord City Board of Elections in the successful in large part, by federal tax dollars. at the Public Justice Center’s request Gregory P. Care ◆◆ Commit $20 million in public bonds or other revenue sources annually to city-wide campaign. Baltimore County has never had any for repeatedly filing rent complaints Ward B. and Christie Coe invest in Community Land Trust (CLT) housing through an affordable housing public housing and currently has fewer without a good faith basis. The Emried D. and Wandaleen P. Cole than 1,400 privately-owned subsidized trust fund, and $20 million annually to deconstruct vacants, hire returning sanctions awarded over $1,000 in Thomas C. Dame and Denise M. Duval housing units open to families, despite citizens and create green space and opportunities for urban agriculture. attorney’s fees to the PJC and resulted Jane W. Daniels a voucher waiting list of over 15,000 in a written opinion that has been ◆◆ Establish a Land Bank (already authorized by city charter) to dispose of vacant Dennis and Anne Donohue households. In contrast, the County shared in broader housing advocacy properties or empower the Vacants to Values program to acquire properties The Duker/McArdle Family Charitable Fund has actively used federal and state circles to influence other cases as well. for CLT development. housing funds to build senior housing, Martin D. Dunn and Rachel L. Fine which in Baltimore County is mostly Margaret Z. and Henry C. Ferguson ◆◆ Strengthen and enforce local hiring provisions so that city residents are In February 2016, the Court of occupied by whites. trained for employment in deconstructing and rehabbing vacant property, Appeals of Maryland issued a Susan Francis and Sandra Daniels with priority given to citizens returning from incarceration. Key provisions of the historic unanimous ruling in Lockett v. Blue Robert E. Funk, Jr. Turning the tide against agreement signed in March Ocean, agreeing with the PJC that Michele E. and Neil Gilman ◆◆ Support community leaders and other stakeholders in drafting and implementing include development of 1,000 rent under Maryland’s anti-retaliation Thomas X. Glancy and Charlotte A. Stivers community master plans, obtaining technical support, and ensuring participation decades of housing affordable homes (with ten percent statute is “the periodic sum owed Stephen and Margaret Greif by a diverse group of those most impacted by development decisions. discrimination to a residential landlord for use or fully accessible for residents with Chad E. Harris Decades of housing discrimination and occupancy of the premises,” and does Baltimore’s current approach to economic development has left the city in crisis. disabilities and fifty percent with three Jane Harrison segregation in Baltimore County will not include other charges the landlord The combination of race-based segregation in housing, deindustrialization, law bedrooms), and the placement of begin to unwind with an historic claims the tenant owes. This decision Martin and Paula Himeles enforcement practices, and speculative real estate investment has disproportionately 2,000 families with housing vouchers agreement signed in March 2016 between Jeannette Hobbins in areas of opportunity throughout will help protect tenants throughout affected Black families in Baltimore, curtailing their access to good jobs and affordable the County and the U.S. Department the County. The County also agreed Maryland from retaliation as well as Richard Jacobs and Pat Lasher housing. Public subsidies for private investors have produced rising housing costs of Housing and Urban Development to provide $30 million in local funds other predatory practices by which The Honorable Earl Johnson, Jr. without rising wages, making it difficult for many people to afford their homes. (HUD). The agreement resulted from an over the next ten years to help the landlord attempts to define Kenneth A. and Linda H. Jones administrative complaint to HUD filed in finance the new affordable housing numerous fees (often illegal) and David A. Kandel and Betsy L. Krieger 2011 by Baltimore Neighborhoods Inc., and an additional $3 million to pay other non-rent charges as “rent” and the NAACP of Baltimore County, and Richard and Judith Katz for disability upgrades to existing attempts to collect those charges on three residents of Baltimore County. affordable homes. pain of swift eviction in rent court.

4 | PJC 2016 PJC 2016 | 5 highlighted how brokers constantly In Conover v. Conover, the retool their practices to try to Public Justice Center filed an amicus stay a step ahead of regulations brief supporting the right of same- intended to combat payday lending sex parents to litigate custody on CHAMPIONS YOU SUPPORT: and argued that the MCSBA was the equal footing with opposite- OF JUSTICE expressly designed to keep up with sex couples. In a historic July 2016 together we are APPELLATE building a just society these evasive tactics and eradicate decision, the Court of Appeals ADVOCACY brokers and their predatory practices overruled its earlier precedent from Maryland’s consumer loan and agreed. marketplace. In June 2016, the Court Lockett v. Blue Ocean Bristol LLC The Public Justice Center’s of Appeals of Maryland unanimously (see Human Right to Housing Project held that CashCall and its president 2016 DONORS highlights in this report) Appellate Advocacy Project violated the MCSBA and have to pay a Champions of Justice, continued. uses appellate cases to influence the development of civil rights $5.65 million fine. and poverty law and is staffed by the Francis D. Murnaghan, Peter Keith Jr. Appellate Advocacy Fellow. This year’s fellow was Tassity Linda F. and Julian L. Lapides Johnson. She wrote amicus briefs, briefed and argued three Deloris Mabins Aaron Merki different cases in Maryland’s highest court, and participated The John Meyerhoff and in numerous other cases across the country. Some appellate Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff Fund highlights from this year include: Marilyn Meyerhoff Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker Allmond v. DHMH The Public Justice extend payday loans to Maryland Decatur H. Miller Center represented an involuntarily consumers, then immediately Tom and Cindi Monahan committed individual before the purchased the loans from the banks John F. Morkan, III Court of Appeals, arguing that it and collected all of the related fees, Elizabeth K. Moser was unconstitutional for the state to interest, and principal. The Maryland Cynthia Nethercut and Joe Altonji forcibly medicate people without Commissioner of Financial Regulation Former Murnaghan Fellows gathered to welcome Tassity Johnson showing that they are a danger in determined that CashCall violated the John Nethercut the institution. The Court agreed in a Maryland Credit Services Businesses Charles and Michele Oseroff landmark decision. Act (MCSBA) by assisting consumers The Honorable Nancy and David Paige in obtaining these loans, because they Lisa D. Pedersen and Mark B. Martin In re Dustin R. The Public Justice carried interest rates that would be Russell R. Reno, Jr. Center joined an amicus brief in the usurious and illegal under Maryland’s Court of Appeals asserting that the Philip and Brenda Rever lending laws if they had been made legislature empowered juvenile courts Arnold and Alison Richman by in-state banks. After complaints to protect children with disabilities Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg from more than a dozen Maryland Tassity Johnson was the 2015-2016 Murnaghan Appellate Advocacy Fellow, against a traumatic loss of necessary th Stephen H. and Sheila K. Sachs consumers, the Commissioner issued the 15 person to hold this distinguished fellowship created in memory of services after they turned 21 by Judge Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. Prior to joining the Public Justice Center, Jim Salvucci and Marie Sennett to CashCall and its president, J. Paul making appropriate arrangements for Tassity clerked on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals for the Honorable Martha Reddam, a cease-and-desist order The Honorable John P. and Dina E. Sarbanes their continued care while the court Craig Daughtrey and on the U.S. District Court of Connecticut for the and a fine of $5,651,000 for brokering Senator Paul S. Sarbanes still had jurisdiction. In December Honorable Janet Hall. She graduated from Yale Law School in 2014, where 5,651 loans with interest rates as Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP 2015, the Court of Appeals held that she was a Student Director of the Immigration Legal Services Clinic and a high as 99%, triple Maryland’s 33% Victoria Schultz and Osman Bengur the juvenile court had the authority member of the Transnational Development Clinic. Tassity graduated cum interest cap. The amicus brief filed to order the Department of Health laude from Duke University in 2010 with a degree in Literature and Cultural Joseph Sellers and Laurie Davis by the Public Justice Center, Civil and Mental Hygiene to ensure that a Theory. She is originally from Houston, Texas. M. Sigmund and Justice, the Maryland Consumer Barbara K. Shapiro Philanthropic Fund child with disabilities would continue Rights Coalition, and the Maryland to receive clinically appropriate In November 2015, the Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. Appellate Advocacy James T. Stivers and Nancy Farley Cash Campaign traced the history Fellowship presented a public lecture by renowned litigator Roberta Kaplan: services after transitioning to adult The Time Group and evolution of payday lending, “Then Comes Marriage: Reflections on the landmark Supreme Court case guardianship care. This decision is Stephen and Marianne Walsh including the industry’s recent shift striking down the ‘Defense of Marriage Act.’” Kaplan successfully argued that great news for all foster children, not Christine E. Webber and J. Wesley McClain to predatory installment loans like DOMA violated the United States Constitution by barring legally married just those with disabilities. Alicia Wilson CashCall’s. Our brief described same-sex couples from enjoying the wide-ranging benefits of marriage CashCall, Inc. and J. Paul Reddam v. how brokers scheme to profit from conferred under federal law. The landmark 2012 decision in United States v. Wolman Family Foundation Maryland Commissioner of Financial entrapping low- and moderate- Windsor created the path by which the Court extended full marriage equality The Bea & David Zack Memorial Foundation Inc. Regulation The Public Justice Center income people in an intractable cycle to gay people in another case just three years later. After the event, donors to Liza Zamd Guest at the PJC 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION and our allies took on the payday of debt, even targeting low-income the fellowship gathered for a reception at the home of Diana Murnaghan to Photo by WIDE ANGLE YOUTH MEDIA lending industry in this case. CashCall neighborhoods that are predominantly thank outgoing fellow Anna Jagelewski and welcome incoming fellow arranged for out-of-state banks to African-American or Latino. The brief Tassity Johnson.

6 | PJC 2016 PJC 2016 | 7 The donors listed here made their gifts between July 1, 2015, and June 30, 2016, to support the Public Justice Center. Thank you. Your gifts are building a just society. In addition YOU CREATE: to the donors listed, we recognize and acknowledge those who make EDUCATION contributions through workplace For nearly two decades, the giving campaigns. We might not know STABILITY Public Justice Center has worked to your names, but we are thankful for enforce and expand your support of our work. THANK YOU! the rights of The Abell Foundation Benedictine Sisters 2016 DONORS Maryland General Assembly Taro J. Adachi Paul Bennett homeless students Nora L. Adams and Susan Bennett and Your support fueled advocacy efforts in the Mary E. Goodwin John Eidleman and students in legislature that will help homeless students further Syed Kumail Ali Martha Bergmark their higher education. Some highlights include: Bonnie C. Allan Ellen and Ed Bernard Boyce-Mansfield Richard O. Berndt foster care to One new law (HB 400) strengthens the tuition waiver Charitable Gift Fund Allison K. Bethel program, which allows unaccompanied homeless Katherine Alteneder access education. Michael S. and youth to attend any Maryland public college or Alicia Alvarez Pamela M. Betton Administrative Advocacy university tuition-free and use additional grants, AmazonSmile Foundation Michelle P. Betton loans, or scholarships they receive toward room Since early 2014, the Public Justice Center has been American Bar Association Barbara Bezdek and and board by eliminating unnecessary bureaucratic Warren Anderson collaborating with the Maryland State Department Farid Amin barriers discovered after the waiver was first Dyer Bilgrave and of Education to revise its plan for achieving Daniel Andorsky passed. In addition, the law requires universities Michael O’Pecko statewide compliance with the education provisions Stuart and Arlene Andrews and colleges to report data on how many students Kate Bladow of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Anonymous (numerous) receive the waiver and are able to graduate as a The Jacob and Hilda Act, which entitles homeless students to access Violet Apple Blaustein Foundation, Inc. result. This will help us better evaluate the success education and supports their school success. Our Nancy Patz Blaustein of the program. Mary M. and efforts were aided by the 2015 enactment of the Frank J. Aquino William D. Bleich Every Student Succeeds Act, which expands the HB 1288 further strengthens the tuition waiver Judith A. Armold Elizabeth Bluestein protections available to this student population. We described above. It clarifies that youth may use Dennis and James D. Blum Maxine Arnsdorf have joined forces with several partner organizations the waiver to pay for non-credit courses. This is Ascanio S. Boccuti Jonathan and Shirley Asher to ensure that MSDE’s plan to implement ESSA critical because many unaccompanied homeless C. Shawn Boehringer Ates Law Firm, P.C. includes a plan to address homelessness, consistent and foster youth need to take non-credit remedial David S. Bogen and with the new requirements of law. courses in order to start to pursue a degree, but Joshua N. Auerbach Patricia Y. Ciricillo some colleges had prevented them from doing Payman Shawn Azadi Subhashini Bollini We are working at the state level and in individual so. The new law also expands the tuition waiver to Mary Azrael Bolton Street Synagogue counties, to implement the education-related cover former foster youth who reunify with parents. Andrew Baida and Michael Booth and provisions of the Fostering Connections to Success Cynthia Spell Kristine Smets This removes any unintended discouragement to and Increasing Adoptions Act, which require school Constance H. Baker Robert C. Boruchowitz family reunification while allowing youth who spend systems and local Departments of Social Services Paris R. Baldacci significant time in foster care the opportunity to Leonidas and to collaborate in supporting the school continuity BaldwinLaw, LLC Mary Boutsikaris pursue a college degree. and academic success of students in foster care. Our Ballard Spahr LLP Rebecca G. Bowman Regina T. Boyce strategies include advocating for the enactment of Another new law (HB 1503) allows homeless youth Baltimore Corps Carter Michel and state regulations, facilitating agreements between to obtain a waiver of the $45 fee to take the General Baltimore Homeless Henry D. Brigham school systems and social services staff, and training Education Diploma (GED) test in the state. Such Services Tonya Brito both on the educational rights of the foster youth youth disproportionately pursue a GED because of Baltimore Women’s Giving Circle Bernice N. Brock they serve. the barriers they face to earning a diploma through Clinton and Erin Brock a traditional high school education. Katharine Bamberger In partnership with the Maryland Office of the Public Gregory A. Brock and Defender, Disability Rights Maryland (formerly A special shout out of appreciation for our allies Kenneth Bancroft Wendy J. Wirth-Brock Maryland Disability Law Center), and Advocates for including, among others: Advocates for Children Amy Barasch Lisa Brodoff Children and Youth, we have been advocating with and Youth, the National Association of Social Stephanie Baron Terrence Brooks the State Department of Education and Department Workers, the Youth Empowered Society Drop-In Erin Barrett James Brosnahan of Juvenile Services for improvements in the Center, Homeless Persons Representation Project, Margaret Martin Barry C. Christopher and education programs offered in residential facilities Leslie Brown Guest at the PJC 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Healthcare for the Homeless, and the Maryland Howell Baum and Madelyn Siegel Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP Photo by WIDE ANGLE YOUTH MEDIA for youth involved in the juvenile justice system. Alliance for the Poor. Herbert J. Belgrad L. Tracy Brown Jessica Bello Sandra T. Brushart

8 | PJC 2016 PJC 2016 | 9 Susan Bryant The Honorable Charlotte M. Cooksey Elisabeth Budd-Brown Elizabeth Cooper Harper Alexander Burke Tanya Asim Cooper Sarah Burns We are proud that the Ivon family’s OCR complaint Mark D. Coplin YOU EXPAND: Christine B. Bustany Lawrence and ACCESS TO ensures not only that Samantha has an interpreter The Honorable John C. and Arlene Coppel Helen Byrnes at dental appointments, but that Deaf and hard of Karen Covington and HEALTH AND Steven Byron hearing clients will receive fully accessible dental Jay Wilkinson PUBLIC BENEFITS Kathleen M. Cahill Alexander James Crow care at Kool Smiles offices nationwide. Paul Cain Joshua Curland Paul S. Caiola and Karen and Dana Czapansky Vanessa D. Billings VICTORY: The Daily Record Robert Caiola and

Complaint over denied requests for We also congratulate Kool Smiles for its willingness Sally Collier Thomas C. Dame and 2016 DONORS Denise M. Duval ASL interpreter leads to nationwide to become a model provider of dental services to Robin Caiola and Kevin Sheekey Jane W. Daniels its Deaf and hard of hearing clients. Ellen Sondheim Dankert change at Kool Smiles dental offices Walter Calvert and Roger Dankert The Honorable When Kim Ivon scheduled dentist appointments at John Dapogny Evelyn O. Cannon and the Kool Smiles for her daughter, she always requested Honorable James P. Casey David and Laura Freitag an interpreter, as her daughter, Samantha, is Deaf CULTURALLY COMPETENT MARYLAND GENERAL Lucy A. Cardwell Kevin J. Davidson and communicates primarily through American Sign ACCESS Over 117 different ASSEMBLY Gregory P. Care Thomas Davies Language (ASL). But despite several requests, Kool languages are spoken in Attorney Camilla Roberson is co-chair Anthony M. and Jana Davis Eleanor M. Carey Smiles never provided an interpreter. Frustrated, Maryland, and more than 340,000 with Lisa Klingenmeier of Catholic Lindsay W. Davis Kim contacted the Public Justice Center. Attorney Charities of the Maryland Alliance for Marylanders are limited English Paula Carmody and Martha F. Davis Camilla Roberson worked with her to file a the Poor (MAP). This is a coalition of Keith Zimmerman proficient (LEP), meaning that Rachel E. Deming complaint with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) service providers, faith communities, Benjamin and they do not speak, read, write, or Kimberly Carney Philip and Claudia Diamond of the U.S. Department of Health and Human and advocacy organizations advancing understand English well enough to Mary Cole Dickerman Services, describing how Kool Smiles violated the statewide public policies and Gayle Carney interact effectively with government Robert Dinerstein Rehabilitation Act, the Affordable Care Act, and the programs necessary to alleviate the Catherine C. Carr and agency workers, courts, hospitals, Louis N. Tannen Americans with Disabilities Act. burdens faced by Marylanders living DLA Piper, LLP etc., without language assistance. As Cheryl Casciani in or near poverty, and to address the Rachel and Kevin Docherty The OCR investigated, examining Kool Smiles’ part of recent work to address racial Spencer Casey underlying systemic causes of poverty. Jose and Lisa Dominguez practices in Baltimore and nationwide. They and ethnic disparities in healthcare Thomas and Beth Casey MAP was very active during the 2016 Dennis and Anne Donohue found that the failure to provide Samantha an outcomes, attorney Camilla Roberson Gillian Rowley Chadwick General Assembly Session, kicking Andrew S. Dotson interpreter was a symptom of widespread problems. has been working actively with off the session with publication of the Randall D. Chapman Margaret B. Drew For example, Kool Smiles’ standard operating partners through Maryland Legal Aid’s MAP Poverty Profiles, briefings in the Ellen P. Chapnick Charles Blake and procedure was to have a parent, guardian or friend Language Access Task Force and the Lydia Duff Senate and House of Delegates about Bobby Cherayil and interpret during a dental appointment instead of Governmental Access Workgroup Nandini Sengupta The Duker/McArdle Family poverty in Maryland, and written and Charitable Fund a professional interpreter. This runs contrary to (GAW), a public/private partnership, to CityBizList oral testimony on the budget and Martin D. Dunn and the law, because professional interpreters ensure ensure that agencies, businesses, and Philip Clark organizations understand and meet on bills that would affect those living Rachel L. Fine full access to dental care and avoid problems with Vicki J. Clark their obligations when addressing in poverty. MAP weighed in on 70 Susan K. Dunn confidentiality, conflict of interest, and competence. Debora Clovis and unique bills this legislative session and Maura Dunnigan The OCR also found that Kool Smiles staff generally the needs of LEP. The GAW is made David Durfee 12 unique departmental budgets, all Lynne Durbin did not receive training on how to determine what up of representatives from the Ward B. and Christie Coe with a focus on antipoverty measures, Fran and Frank Dworak aids or services clients need or how to communicate Department of Human Resources, Howard Cohen other state agencies, advocates from including among many other areas Sally and Keenan with people who are Deaf or hard of hearing. Michele F. Cohen Dworak-Fisher various nonprofits including the Public improved working conditions with paid sick leave in the Maryland Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Holly Eaton OCR staff provided Kool Smiles with technical Justice Center, Maryland Legal Aid, Toll, P.L.L.C. Healthy Working Families Act (HB Elizabeth and Grant Ehrlich expertise to change its practices, and in April, the Maryland Hunger Solutions, SEEDCO, Susan Cohen OCR issued its report. Kool Smiles will implement and private companies. This work has 580/SB 472), criminal justice reform Deborah and Neil Douglas L. Colbert Eisenberg a number of changes to ensure that its employees also allowed us to identify additional through the Justice Reinvestment Act (SB 1005/HB 1312), improved Emried D. and The Honorable John C. and accommodate Deaf and hard of hearing clients barriers to accessing healthcare for Wandaleen P. Cole Dayne W. Eldridge language access to state websites and at its 125 locations across the country, including a immigrants and other New Americans, Comcast Susan C. Elgin other services (SB 28), and improved fully compliant standard operating procedure and aging citizens, and Deaf individuals. Community Development Kathleen Elliott grievance procedure, and an interactive process for access to health services (for example Block Grant, Baltimore City Todd Elliott determining the correct auxiliary aids and services. SB 899 /HB 1217– Mental Health Department of Housing and Community Development Elizabeth M. Embry Staff will also receive annual training on working with Parity Act, SB 252/HB 511 – Medical Robert J. Condlin Jill Engle Deaf and hard of hearing clients. Assistance dental services coverage for former foster care youth, SB 929/ Marcia Conlin Russell Engler and Tracy Miller The PJC honors Kim and Samantha Ivon with the HB 1318), HB 1318/SB 929 Insurance James M. and Nancy O. Connolly The Episcopal Diocese John P. Sarbanes COURAGE AWARD Network Access Standards, among of Maryland Consumer Health many others). Foundation Steven Eppler-Epstein

10 | PJC 2016 PJC 2016 | 11 Anne Erickson Leigh S. Goodmark and C. Douglas Nierle Kirsten M. Eriksson Google AdWords YOU BUILD: Susan M. Erlichman and “To become the country we Edward Kleinman Gordon Feinblatt LLC NATIONAL Martha M. Ertman Gordon, Wolf & Carney, Chtd. NCCRC perceive ourselves to be, we must Alexander and Judith Estrin COALITION FOR National Coalition for a Mark A. Graber and Louis B. Thalheimer & Julia Bess Frank Civil Right to Counsel make access to justice a reality Juliet A. Eurich A CIVIL RIGHT Philanthropic Fund Victoria Grace TO COUNSEL by providing a right to counsel Dorie Fain John S. Graham, III for civil cases where basic human Kathleen Farno Frank T. and Sally Gray The Public Justice Center leads and staffs the National Coalition for a Holly Fechner and Michael S. Greco Kevin Mills needs are at stake.” Daniel L. Greenberg Civil Right to Counsel (NCCRC), which NChas grownCR to includeC nearly 300 Fedder & Garten PA

I. Michael Greenberger 2016 DONORS National Coalition for a –John Pollock, Coordinator, National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel, Margaret Z. and participants working in their states and localCivi ljurisdictions Right to Counse to establishl a right in an op-ed in American Lawyer, October 1, 2015 Henry C. Ferguson Emily Greenhouse Blake and Melissa Fetrow Lawrence S. and to counsel for indigent litigants in basic needs cases. Attorney John Pollock Shirley K. Greenwald Sandra and Robert Fink Stephen and Margaret Greif staffs this project and draws on many tools to advance the cause. Barbara Finkelstein Diana Griffiths Elizabeth Ford Elizabeth Grove NCCRC Emily Ford William Gruhn National Coalition for a Francis D. Murnaghan, LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACYCivil Right to Counsel LITIGATION Jr., Appellate Advocacy M. Willis Gunther Baker This year, the NCCRC continued to support legislative efforts to enact a right State courts continue to be leading the recognition of the right to counsel Fellowship Sulma Guzmán and “[T]he best solution to homelessness is Kalev Kaseoru to counsel. In response to a New York City bill that would provide a right and the NCCRC assisted litigants and organizations submitting amicus briefs Susan Francis and Sandra Daniels to counsel in housing cases, we helped organize a NYC-based coalition of preventing it before it even occurs. in a number of cases across the country. Two notable victories include: Kishanna Harley Sally Belinkoff Frank legal aid and grassroots groups to support the bill and worked with Stout More than two-thirds of the Michelle and Paul Harner The Supreme Court of New Jersey held in Adoption of J.E.V. that Marianne Freedman Risius Ross, an independent financial analysis company, to produce a cost- The Honorable people in our shelters are families parents have a right to counsel in adoption cases under the due process Elaine Freeman Glenn T. Harrell, Jr. and benefit analysis of the bill.SRR’s stunning reportNC found thatCR the City C Pamela C. Harrell with vulnerable children, and clause of the New Jersey Constitution. The NCCRC supported counsel Steven David Frenkil would save $320 million by passing legislationNa thattional would Coalition provide for a Chad E. Harris for the mother as well as a number of amici. The success of the case is due The Fund for Change Civil Right to Counsel the most common cause of Heather Harris a right to counsel for low-income tenants in eviction cases. The in part to terrific work done by many amici, including Legal Services of New Robert E. Funk, Jr. their homelessness isn’t drug Jane Harrison report concluded that the entire cost of providing lawyers to tenants up to Jersey, the ACLU of New Jersey, the New Jersey State Bar, Advocates for Gerard J. Gaeng 200% of the poverty level would be more than offset by reductions in shelter Hart Research Associates dependency or mental illness. Children, and the New Jersey Association for Justice. We also applaud Thomas Gagliardo expenditures, preservation of affordable housing units, and avoidance of Sean Marotta of Hogan Lovells, who did a powerful job in briefing and in The Hatcher Group It’s eviction. If we can slow the pace Gallagher, Evelius & homelessness-related taxpayer expenses like law enforcement and emergency oral argument. Jones, LLP Keiren Havens medical care. of evictions, we will make a major dent in Debra Gardner Carel T. Hedlund Last year, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled in the homelessness crisis. ...The The Honorable Susan K. Heather Heilman In Mississippi, we gave input and support to advocates working on legislation Guardianship of V.V., a case assisted by the NCCRC, that parents have a sky-high pace of evictions is exacerbated Gauvey and David E. Kem William and that authorizes courts to appoint counsel for parents in child welfare cases. constitutional right to counsel in cases establishing private guardianship Monica Henderson by our profoundly unequal judicial Ruth Ann Gazaille The bill, which passed in 2016, ended Mississippi’s status as the only state not of their children. This year, the Court took another step to protect parents’ Bill Geenen and Lee M. Hendler system. Unlike those in criminal cases, to authorize appointment of counsel for such cases. rights, unanimously holding in L.B. v. Chief Justice of the Probate that Lillie Stewart George Henschel New Yorkers in housing court have no parents have a right to counsel when seeking Family Court modification Genine and Josh Fidler Luz Herrera In Maryland, we worked with Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg and others to right to counsel. The result: or termination of such a guardianship as long as the parents have a Donald G. and Bruce Martin Herschlag introduce legislation that would create a limited pilot in two counties to study colorable claim. The Court said that the right to counsel was necessary at Nancy A. Gifford the implementation of a right to counsel and the effectiveness of representation Only 10 percent of New York City Bryan and this stage because parents need counsel just as much as they do when the DeVera Gilden and Susan Hetherington for indigent parties in domestic violence protection order proceedings. The Casey Carter tenants who appear in court have guardianship is first established. We provided assistance to the petitioner Elayne Hettleman bill was unsuccessful in the 2016 Maryland General Assembly. Denise Gilman attorneys to help protect their and amici in both cases, and great work was done by the Community Legal Jeffrey K. and Michele E. and Neil Gilman Michelle L. Hettleman The NCCRC also spent significant time identifying problems with right rights. In stark contrast, close to Aid (petitioner’s counsel), Mass Law Reform Institute, the Committee for Thomas X. Glancy, Jr. and Martin and Paula Himeles to counsel statutes in other states, including Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii, Public Counsel Services, and others. Charlotte A. Stivers 100 percent of landlords do. It’s Jeannette Hobbins Minnesota, Nevada, Texas and Wyoming. As a result, one identified problem The NCCRC supported other litigation in Alaska, Massachusetts, Georgia, Maureen Glancy hard to overstate just how badly Andrea Hoffman in Georgia led to the filing of a bill, and bills in some of the other states are New Jersey, Wisconsin, Washington State, South Carolina, California, JoAnn Goedert likely to be filed in 2017. The NCCRC also assisted a successful effort to Howard B. Hoffman, this skews the results of eviction Mississippi and in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on issues that included Sally Gold and Elliott Zulver Attorney at Law establish a civil right to counsel legislative task force in Connecticut. proceedings in favor of owners.” parents and children in custody cases, housing, incarceration for fees/ Phyllis Goldfarb Kathleen Hoke In 2016, the NCCRC created a page on its website to track all civil right fines or child support, suspension of drivers’ licenses, and rights of Goldman & Minton, P.C. Richard H. Holden –Mark D. Levine, New York City Council member, people with disabilities. Brian A. Goldman Paul Holland to counsel legislation nationwide. The site attracted the attention of the 7th District, and Mary Brosnahan, President and Sharon Goldsmith Associated Press, which wrote a story on the uptick in legislation that was Chief Executive, Coalition for the Homeless, in Phyllis J. Holmen picked up by over 200 media outlets across the country. “How to Fight Homelessness,” New York Times Daniel F. Goldstein and David J. Holt (continuted) Laura W. Williams October 19, 2015 Madeleine Holt Barbara S. and John B. Gontrum Steve Holt Deborah Gonzalez Emily Hoppe Peggy H. Goodman Andrew Horwitz

12 | PJC 2016 PJC 2016 | 13 Alan W. Houseman Catheryn Koss and Andrew Kershen Jennifer Howard Kramon & Graham, P.A. Barry W. Hudson Abe Krash Gary and NCCRC Deborah Ignatowski Karen Kreisberg National Coalition for a Iliff, Meredith, Wildberger & The Zanvyl and Civil Right to Counsel YOU DEFEND: Brennan, P.C. Isabelle Krieger Fund PRISONERS’ The Ivy Hotel Francine and Allan Krumholz J.M. Kaplan Fund, Inc. Katherine R. Kruse and Michael E. Smith DONORS At the same time we’re changing bail and fine practices, we also have to work to expand RIGHTS Margaret Moore Jackson and Jon Jackson Blanche Kushner NClow-incomeCR Americans’C access to legal aid. Every day, countless Americans are in court Joni Jacobs Janet LaBella National Coalition for a grappling with life-altering challenges like foreclosure, eviction, debt and family Sometimes true, Richard Jacobs and Linda F. and Civil Right to Counsel Pat Lasher Julian L. Lapides 2016 instability—far too often, doing so without counsel. In eviction cases, for instance, enforceable reform Sanford and Ann Jacobson Karen Lash 90 percent of landlords have counsel, whereas 95 percent of tenants represent themselves. William M. Barry and Fran Ludman and takes decades Joan H. Jacobson Sheldon H. Laskin NCIn 85 percentCR ofC cases dealing with child custody and child support, literally the heart Janice Newman and Law Office of Clara S. Licata Murray Newman Jr. ofNa tionalthe family, Coalition at for least a one parent is self-represented. to achieve. Law Office of Civil Right to Counsel Job Opportunities David Perry Davis, PC Because of your steadfast support, detainees at the Baltimore City Task Force — US Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Law Office of Detention Center will finally receive constitutionally adequate, John and Susan Anderson Wayne Clark LLC Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Keynote Address at the Urban Institute Economic Mobility Conference. timely medical and mental health care. This year, the federal The John J. Leidy Chinh Le and Vanita Gupta Foundation, Inc. https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-loretta-e-lynch-delivers-keynote-address-urban-institute-economic court approved a settlement in the class action Duvall v. Hogan, Lebau & Neuworth, LLC The Honorable requiring the state to overhaul the jail’s health care system and Patricia and Darryl Lee Earl Johnson, Jr. NCCRC make major improvements to the facilities that remain open, Legal Aid Society of the Amy and David Johnson National Coalition for a including accommodations for people with disabilities. To ensure District of Columbia Katherine J. Jones NationalCivi Medial Right Attentionto Counsel compliance with the settlement, the jail’s progress will be assessed William Leibovici and The Coalition enjoyed significant media attention UNDERSTANDING A CIVIL RIGHT TO COUNSEL Kenneth A. and Dana Reed by independent monitors. The settlement comes after the Public Linda H. Jones this year. This is an important strategy as more Justice Center, the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander, and the Beatrice L. Levi The Public Justice Center challenged the young artists of Access Art to Susan R. Jones states explore access to justice for people within American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project moved to Suzanne Levin-Lapides create a public service campaign that illustrates the fact that a lawyer Joseph Greenwald & Harry R. Lewis their borders. can make the difference between keeping a home or losing it, obtaining reopen the case in June 2015, following years of failure to comply Laake, PA Raven and Russell Lidman protection from domestic violence or risking injury, having sufficient food with a 2009 settlement and court orders dating back to 1993. Joseph R. and One article in the Associated Press that featured the or going hungry, keeping children with their family or being separated. These settlements had failed to eliminate inhumane conditions at Lynn H. Halperin Linda Wengel and NCCRC and the civil right to counsel movement was Marni Beyer the Baltimore City Detention Center. The reopening of the case Wilhelm and Jean Joseph picked up by over 200 news outlets, including the The students studied our legal system and reviewed how artists advo- William C. Lindsey also led directly to the Governor’s decision to close the four oldest Katina Rojas Joy New York Times and the Washington Post. cate for change. Their images help us understand the real impact of our Rhonda Lipkin and buildings in the facility. Ann Juergens legal system on those who do not have access to legal councel. Michele Nethercott Kahn, Smith & Collins, P.A. The NCCRC’s work on the New York City housing Alexandria Lippincott David A. Kandel and right to counsel bill also received significant “Debra Gardner, legal Nancy C. Loeb Betsy L. Krieger attention, including in The Observer, Bloomberg, The Lois and Irving Blum director at the Public The Honorable Ronald A. New York Times Foundation, Inc. and in a Letter to the Editor in the . and Donna Karasic Justice Center, said the Lord Baltimore Hotel Presentations Amy Karozos agreement would ‘at last ... Sally Lowe and Richard and Judith Katz NCCRC coordinator and PJC attorney John Pollock Francis Welsh provide adequate, timely Sarah R. Katz presented at and participated in high-profile events Evi Lowman Susan B. Katzenberg across the country, including at an invitation-only medical care to detainees Charisse Lue Risa Kaufman meeting held by the Department of Justice and instead of abandoning those Korey C. Lundin Peter Keith the White House on the jailing of low-income Deloris Mabins with injuries and illnesses. ... Catherine Hope Keller people for failure to pay fees and fines. John also Nora Mahlberg presented at the 2015 Equal Justice Conference, After years of litigation, Marilyn Kelly Alan J. and the Housing Justice Network Conference, the the jail will meet its Michael J. and Pamela Lynn Malester Narindar U. Kelly annual conference of the National Center for Thomas Maligno constitutional and ethical Ingrid Kershner Homelessness and Poverty, the Tennessee Alliance Randi Mandelbaum Lucia and Boris Kerzner for Legal Services’ “Equal Justice University” (where responsibilities to those Karina Mandell Philip Kilby he served as keynote speaker), the California Legal inside its walls.’” Vivian Manekin Jiyoon Kim Services Funders Network Conference, the Southern Donald M. Mangels Poverty Law Center’s summit on fees and fines, and Bonnie A. Kirkland “State agrees to overhaul health Jennifer Mann Maryland Legal Aid’s Human Rights meeting. Mary Jo Kirschman care services at Baltimore jail” Robyn Mar Baltimore Sun Eve Biskind Klothen and , November 18, 2015 Luke and Nancy Marbury Ken Klothen Virginia Knowlton Marcus Nancy Kochuk and Carl Luty Donald Marritz George and Shelley Korch Gerard P. Martin

14 | PJC 2016 PJC 2016 | 15 Peter Marudas Cynthia Nethercut and Joe Altonji Maryland Bar Foundation Gordon and Maryland Legal Services Vernie Nethercut Corporation John Nethercut Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Bill Nethercut YOU DEMAND: Cindy and Andy Newman Lisa D. and WORKPLACE William D. Mathias Jonel Newman JUSTICE Nay A. Maung Judith H. Newman Nancy Maurer Nancy Newman Food For Thought: James R. Maxeiner Gene Nichol In Maryland, an estimated 580,161 workers experience wage theft Shavonna Maxwell The Honorable William M. and Virginia Nickerson each year, amounting to more than $870 million in unpaid wages. Jerome and Frances May Laurie J. Norris 2016 DONORS In Baltimore, an estimated 93,819 workers experience wage theft Patricia McAllister Northeast Regional Council each year, losing nearly $141 million in annual gross wages. Kathie D. McCleskey of Carpenters James and Diane McComb Nathaniel Norton If workers were not denied their due wages, the state economy Eliza McDermott Andrew and would see a growth in economic activity: Sharon Nussbaum Ellen McGinnis Ober | Kaler ◆◆ Additional payroll tax: $133 million Eleanor McMillan Stacey O’Connor-Whitmore ◆◆ Additional sales tax: $17.2 million Mary Helen McNeal Frank J. O’Donnell, S.M. ◆◆ New economic activity: $374 million Melissa McWhinney Terence O’Hara and Joan S. Meier Molly Rath ◆◆ New jobs created: 3,251 Darah Okeke Beth Mellen Harrison and Credit: Center for Popular Democracy. Todd Harrison Warren S. Oliveri, Jr. and McGennis Williams Richard A. Mendel Beth Orlansky Aaron Merki Catherine Orleman LITIGATION Messana, P.A. JoAnn Orlinsky Marilyn Meyerhoff The Workplace Justice Project represents groups of low-wage workers Barbara Orman Robert E. Meyerhoff and to enforce state and federal wage laws to stop rampant wage theft, i.e. Charles and Michele Oseroff not paying workers their lawfully earned wages through various means, Rheda Becker Daniel Paige including misclassification of employees as independent contractors. Jonathan and Rachel Micah-Jones The Honorable Nancy and Several significant victories this year: David Paige Brenda and Michael Midkiff Marcia E. Palof Miles & Stockbridge Foundation, Inc. Jason Parkin Mimi L. Parvis Michael A. Millemann Clare Pastore Decatur H. Miller Donald Patterson and Scott M. Miller Celeste Stivers Amy Millin Bradford Peabody Elliott Milstein Lisa D. Pedersen and Mark B. Martin Mitchell Y. Mirviss Jennifer Pelton Tom and Cindi Monahan Beth Pepper John F. Morkan, III Anne S. Perkins Diana L. Morris and Peter Shiras Deborah Perluss and Kelly v. Pinnacle dispute” that excused the employer’s Mark Diamond Elizabeth K. Moser Victoria Kelly is a low-wage home failure to pay. In a strongly worded Diana Philip Frederick Mulhauser care worker who was not paid opinion, the Circuit Court for Wicomico Michael D. Pinard and overtime despite working upwards of County found that “Defendants Albi Mullai Carla Cartwright eighty (and sometimes more than a chose deliberate ignorance over due George A. Murnaghan John Pollock hundred) hours a week. Her employer diligence.” The Court also found, over Jane C. Murphy Frederick Preis claimed that it should be able to employer’s strenuous objections, that Amy Myers Eleanor C. and Edmund R. Preston simply reimburse her and not pay any the Public Justice Center and Maryland Nathans & Biddle LLP additional damages or attorney’s fees Legal Aid as Ms. Kelly’s attorneys are Pro Bono Resource Joanne Nathans Center of Maryland because it was unaware of Maryland’s entitled to an award of attorney’s fees. National Community Land Mary Prosser wage laws and did not know they Trust Network Public Welfare Foundation Guests at the PJC 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION required overtime pay. The court Above: Ms. Kelly with Nohora Rivera, Photo by WIDE ANGLE YOUTH MEDIA Maryland Legal Aid. Christine Nell David Raderman and disagreed, finding that ignorance of Rose Smiley Nelson Mullins Riley & the law does not create a “bona fide Scarborough LLP Rachelle H. Raphael

16 | PJC 2016 PJC 2016 | 17 Darius and Monica Rastegar Lainie W. Rutkow and Adam Spira Rebecca Sharpless and Andrew Stanton Christopher R. Ryon Diane L. Redleaf Jamie Sabino Paul Redleaf Stephen H. and Sheila K. Sachs Charles A. Rees YOU DEMAND: Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. Charles Reighart and Elizabeth Fitts Reighart Joy R. and Steve M. WORKPLACE Sakamoto-Wengel Salem Reiner and JUSTICE Dana L. Johnson Michelle Salomon Madaio Paul Reingold Jim Salvucci and Marie Sennett OUTSOURCING Lisa Pierce Reisz Michael Sanow ESSENTIAL Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC The Honorable John P. LABOR: and Dina E. Sarbanes 2016 DONORS Richard R. Renner and Laura Yeomans Senator Paul S. Sarbanes Salinas v. The workers on the settlement committee also insisted Russell R. Reno III Erica Sarodia Commercial Interiors Don Saunders that the settlement not be confidential—they wanted the Lise Reno and William Starr The Public Justice Mary Savage resolution of this suit to be public, so that other workers Mary Hall Reno and Center has appealed Yannick Meurice Benjamin and to the U.S. Court of would know their rights and other employers would Russell R. Reno, Jr. Peggy Schapiro Appeals for the Fourth understand that they face consequences if they attempt to William S. Reno Andrew Scherer Circuit in a case involving turn a profit by underpaying their employees. Philip and Brenda Rever Helen Schmidt the legal standard Ria P. Rochvarg, P.A. Randall Schmidt for determining joint Judy Richardson Kenneth L. Schorr employment under the Restaurant workers at BWI airport LCR Jazzy Events Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Fair Labor Standards Act. Arnold and Alison Richman Victoria Schultz and This case is important Osman Bengur score big victory against employer Eileen C. and given the changes in the Douglas B. Riley Beth G. Schwartz U.S. economy, where who withheld wages Billie Rinaldi Erica Schwarz Paul Seaton and businesses frequently Dean Rivkin John Seeley rely on subcontractors If you ever fly out of the Baltimore Washington the tips would be split between them, on paper, the Ruth Anne Robbins or otherwise outsource Dveera Segal and International Thurgood Marshall Airport, you second bartender didn’t exist. Making things worse, Jenny Roberts Bradley Bridge the labor they rely on may grab a bite at one of the restaurants where they would have to cover the bill if customers failed Betty Robinson Joshua Segall as essential to their Jasmine Jones recently worked. She started working to pay. Harriet M. Robinson and Wendy M. Seiden operations. The PJC at DuClaw Brewing Company a few years ago Donald Jennings To top it off, employees were required to work at Jeffrey Selbin has been targeting and, soon after, began picking up extra hours at work at multiple restaurants but tallying hours worked at each site separately; Jane Baum Rodbell and The Law Offices of off-the-clock cleaning “parties.” As former Zona Stanley Rodbell such employers’ efforts Zona Mexicana and Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen, all (2) requiring employees to work unpaid cleaning parties, (3) requiring tipped Richard R. Seligman Mexicana server Leah Geslois described it, they Allan G. Rodgers to avoid responsibility restaurants owned by Aero Service Group/Aero employees to pay for uniforms and customer walkouts; and (4) failing to provide Joseph Sellers and would come in to deep clean the restaurants for two for years, particularly Service Partner restaurant group. When payday tipped employees with advance notice of their rights. David Rodwin Laurie Davis hours and receive pizza instead of wages. in the construction rolled around, Ms. Jones was surprised to receive Lisa Rodwin M. Sigmund and Barbara K. The workers scored a big victory, settling the case for $131,545.96 in unpaid Shapiro Philanthropic Fund industry, and we hope two paychecks, with tax coming out of both. She Eventually with help from a union, people started Marilyn Rodwin wages and liquidated damages, as well as attorney’s fees. The total recovery, Ronald and Kathryn Shapiro this case will set the mentioned the odd method of payment to her co- Susan and John Rohrer talking. The employer apologized and sent each equal to 100% of lost wages plus an additional 50-60% of that amount in correct standard in the workers, who confirmed that this was “normal” for Joshua M. Sharfstein employee a check, saying that it wouldn’t happen damages and attorney’s fees, both compensates Ms. Jones and her colleagues Florence Wagman Roisman 4th Circuit. The U.S. this employer. Some of them didn’t want to speak Shawe & Rosenthal LLP again. But the size of checks was not enough to for the improper denial of payment and serves as a significant penalty for their Oren Root Secretary of Labor has up, fearing that their hours would be cut or that Shemer Bar Review LLC cover the wages that had been withheld. As Mr. employer’s violations. The workers on the settlement committee also insisted Bob Rose and Michele Rose filed an amicus brief in they would lose their jobs. Not convinced that Wendy Shiff Cianos said, it felt like hush money. that the settlement not be confidential—they wanted the resolution of this suit Rosenberg | Martin | this case. A big shout Aero’s behavior was right, she confronted her Greenberg, LLP Wendy Rambo Shuford to be public, so that other workers would know their rights and other employers out to our co-counsel employer, who brushed her aside. Later Ms. Jones But the apology checks didn’t keep people quiet. “If Delegate Samuel I. William and Margaret Shull would understand that they face consequences if they attempt to turn a profit at James & Hoffman: learned that Aero was moving employees between you’re doing what you’re supposed to do, working Rosenberg Sally Silk by underpaying their employees. Ms. Jones felt validated and glad that her Darin Dalmat and multiple restaurants and tallying hours worked at hard, being available, why can’t you be paid Barbara Rosenberger Richard Silverman employer had to give back what they took from her. “If you don’t speak up,” Kathy Krieger. each site separately to hide that they were actually right?” Jasmine Jones asked. She and two of her Daniel Ross Skadden Fellowship she emphasized, “you won’t get what you need.” working overtime. co-workers sued Aero for their wages, represented Josephine Ross Foundation by the Public Justice Center’s Workplace Justice The workers’ courage to speak up has also led to significant changes at Aero; Robert L. Rothman Madison Sloan Meanwhile, other Aero employees were noticing Project and private co-counsel Howard Hoffman they eliminated their practice of issuing separate checks for time worked Toby Rothschild Brenda V. Smith and more problems. Former bartenders Amanda Fowler John D. Bess and Bradford Warbasse. By reaching out to current at different restaurants in the same week and changed their uniform policy. Rouge Fine Catering and Joseph Cianos described how things worked and former employees, they were able to gather Gary F. Smith and The employer who once brushed Jasmine Jones aside finally had to change James V. Rowan Elena C. Bennett at DuClaw Brewing Company and Zona Mexicana: 20 people to the case. The lawsuit claimed that because as she says, “He knows we have a voice.” Tricia Rubacky and Jonathan M. Smith and two bartenders would be scheduled at a time, but Aero violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by (1) Bill Merritt Wendy Turman were told that only one of them should clock in. denying earned overtime to tipped and non-tipped At our 30th Anniversary Celebration in May, the Public Justice Center Evelyn K. Rubel Linda F. Smith That bartender would get all of the credit on paper employees (servers/bartenders, and back-of-the- honored the plaintiffs with the John P. Sarbanes Courage Award. Louis S. and Carolyn C. Rulli Michael A. Smith for tips made at the bar that day. While in practice house staff, respectively) by requiring employees to Susan Russell Steven Smitson

18 | PJC 2016 PJC 2016 | 19 Howard Sollins and Edward and Barbara Resnick Joanne Wallach Thomas S. Spencer Stephen and Marianne Walsh Jane M. Spinak and Warren B. Scharf William and Salli Ward The John Meyerhoff and Michael K. and Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff Annette M. Wasno YOU DEMAND: Fund Richard L. and Roderick Ryon and Manuele D. Wasserman WORKPLACE Joan Stanne Maya Watson JUSTICE Colin Starger Rebecca A. Weaver and State of Maryland, C. Curtis Croley Department of Housing and Home Care Community Development Christine E. Webber and J. Wesley McClain Kerry and Donna Staton Ellen Weber 2016 DONORS Workers Initiative Therese Staudenmaier Jessica Weber In September 2015, the Public Justice Center welcomed attorney Dave Rodwin and launched the Home Care Worker Marc E. Steinberg and PJC In The Community Jennifer A. Goldberg Diane Weinroth Initiative to enforce a new federal regulation and ensure that home care workers are afforded basic wage protections, Jesuit Volunteer Patrick McDonell agencies (Department of Labor, Stephen and Stefanie Weiss including overtime and paid travel time between jobs. The PJC began an outreach and workers’ rights training program Elizabeth Scott and paralegal Hannah Walsh Equal Employment Opportunity Carwina Weng online and distributed nearly 2,000 educational brochures in English and Spanish at trainings at workforce development Jere B. Stern represented the Public Justice Center Commission, Occupational Safety and Katherine White and organizations, legal services organizations, workers’ rights centers, and advocacy groups. We aim to enforce home care Stevenson University at Highlandtown Elementary/Middle Health Administration, and National Tom Urquhart workers’ rights through litigation and to create an enforcement network of advocates and workers. James T. Stivers and School’s back to school night and Labor Relations Board) and to the Whiteford, Taylor & Nancy Farley Preston L.L.P. resource fair for parents. nonprofit legal services represented in Workers’ Rights in the Maryland General Assembly LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHT: Walter and Susan Stone Virgil Wiebe The Public Justice Center and our allies were again busy Healthy Working Families Act the room. Hannah Walsh, a paralegal with Harriet Stulman Laurie Wiest advocating for the rights of workers in the legislature. We The Public Justice Center is a founding member of the Working our Workplace Justice Project, Executive Director John Nethercut Joseph Sullivan Carmen L. Williams introduced the Paystub Transparency Act, which aimed to combat Matters Coalition. For the past four years, we have advocated for participated as a panelist in Nosotras was a panelist at “Moving From Amy Colleen Sumor Alicia Wilson wage theft by requiring employers to ensure that paystubs the right to earn paid sick leave. More than 700,000 Marylanders Tenemos Derechos! (We [women] Protests to Policy,” hosted by Carol Suzuki include basic information about employees’ wages and hours. Roger C. Wolf and do not have the opportunity to earn such leave. The Healthy have rights!) sponsored by House Baltimore Racial Justice Action, Kelly Swanston Judy Lyons Wolf Although the bill garnered support from the Maryland Attorney Working Families Act would have allowed employees to earn up of Ruth-Adelante Familia. After Associated Black Charities and the Maureen A. Sweeney and Wolman Family Foundation General, the AFL-CIO, the Job Opportunities Task Force, CASA to 56 hours (seven days for full time workers) of paid sick time per Frederick C. Bauerschmidt an all-woman panel presented University of Baltimore’s College Leah Wortham and de Maryland, and the Mid-Atlantic Laborers Union, it ultimately year to care for themselves or a family member when they are “know-your rights” information on of Public Affairs. The participatory Marc Szczepaniak Eric L. Hirschhorn failed to advance out of the House Economic Matters Committee. ill, or to seek out services related to domestic violence, sexual various topics to a group of women, conversation wrapped up the Ronald J. Tabak Eric Wayne Wright assault, or stalking. For the first time in four years, the bill made We supported the successful Equal Pay for Equal Work bill, participants had an hour to ask Maryland 2016 legislative assembly. Richard A. Tabuteau Traci Wright it out of the House of Delegates with a rock-solid majority, albeit which prohibits an employer from discriminating between their questions about immigration, This followed a related fall 2015 Gustava Taler WYPR with amendments to exempt businesses with fifteen or fewer employees in any occupation by providing less favorable domestic violence, human trafficking, event at which Legal Director Debra Themis Bar Review LLC Lewis Yelin and employees, agricultural workers, and those less than eighteen Teresa Hinze opportunities based on sex or gender identity. The bill also housing, and workers’ issues to the Gardner and staff attorney Camilla Rhodia D. Thomas years of age, among other things. Our thanks go to Delegate prohibits an employer from forbidding an employee from panel. Also represented at the event Roberson had previewed the PJC’s Dana Thompson David R. Yoder Luke Clippinger and Chairman Dereck Davis for their leadership inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing the wages of were Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc., 2016 legislative agenda for the The Time Group Eileen Susan Yoffe on this issue. specified employees. Tahirih Justice Center, Kids in Need community members present. Jason A. L. Timoll Pattie Yu of Defense, Women’s Law Center, Jean Zachariasiewicz and On the last day of the session, the legislation was introduced Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP TNHYIF REIV Tango, LLC Maryland Legal Aid, House of Ruth, Jordon Steele in the Senate where it ultimately died for the year. Momentum again hosted the popular Justice For Donald B. and Leigh Tobin Baltimore City Police, CASA de The Bea & David Zack is building and the Working Matters Coalition is a force to be Breakfast series. In October 2015, Lovel Tokic Memorial Foundation Inc. reckoned with: We mobilized supporters to send more than Maryland, and Esperanza Center. we previewed Justice Diverted, our Ray Tomasic and Liza Zamd 30,000 emails to delegates and senators asking them to support Mary Jane Tomasic Attorney Camilla Roberson and study that examined the struggle for Tamara and the legislation. We helped generate widespread media coverage, Paul R. Tremblay and Barry Zavislan, Jr. paralegal Hannah Walsh participated fairness in Baltimore’s Rent Court. In Linda J. Beattie telling our stories and highlighting how lack of access to earned Merril Lynn Zebe and in Banco de Llamadas Semana de November, our conversation turned to Elizabeth H. Trimble sick days impacts working families across our state. Dennis D. Hager Derechos Laborales, a televised eliminating language barriers to health Angela Tripp Labor Rights Week Telethon at care, public benefits and the courts. Zuckerman Spaeder LLP Tammy L. Turner Telemundo DC’s studio. The event was April 2016’s breakfast focused on the Jayne Tyrrell organized by the Mexican Embassy rights of Maryland’s 30,000+ home Diane K. Uchimiya and in coordination with Telemundo. The care workers, who work in an industry Glenn R. Korban Telethon was broadcast live from 6 where wage theft is endemic. David Udell pm-8 pm in the Virginia, Maryland United Food & Commercial and Washington, DC, area. Our Workers International staff, along with representatives Union, CLC United Way of Central from other organizations, fielded Maryland calls from workers all over the region Daniel Van Gelder about unpaid wages, worker’s comp, Venable Foundation scheduling issues, and unfair firing. The Working Matters Coalition rallied in front of the State House and greeted lawmakers every day for the last two weeks of the 2016 session. Rebecca Wagner Referrals were made to federal labor Timothy Wagner

20 | PJC 2016 PJC 2016 | 21 judgment enforcement proceedings on ACCOLADES SPECIAL THANKS AWARDS our clients’ behalf in that state. Their In October 2015, Debra Gardner, the Public Wayne Clark is an attorney with Dignity Award efforts to continue to pursue justice Justice Center’s Legal Director, was honored expertise in bankruptcy. He jumped in Presented to Christine Webber for our clients was inspiring, and is just with Professional Excellence in the category of to help our Workplace Justice team on Debra Gardner, the Public Justice Center’s one example among many of why we Advancement of Unpopular Causes at the Maryland a case that started out as a basic wage Legal Director and first recipient of the are proud to award CMST the 2016 Bar Foundation’s 23rd Annual Professional Legal lien, then morphed into a small claims Dignity Award on the occasion of her 15th Outstanding Partner Award. Excellence Awards Reception. action and then got mired in bankruptcy anniversary with us, says about Christine proceedings. Mr. Clark provided Webber, this year’s recipient: “I’ve worked LITIGATION tremendous support to our lawyers with Christine since about my second In May 2016, the Public Justice Center received through the entire process. week on this job, and we’ve been through PARTNERSHIP the Per Diem Award of the Clinical Legal some really rough legal seas together. The Public Justice Center values the Education Association at the American Association Liza Zamd is a trial attorney with the She sets the platinum standard for co- time and resources that the members of of Law Schools Clinical Conference. The focus of U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights counseling litigation, whether a nation- the private bar contribute to expanding the conference was on “Rebellious Lawyering” and Division. We were delighted to welcome wide class action or a small, local case for our capacity for litigation and other discussed how lawyers and law school clinics can her to the Public Justice Center, where a handful of low-wage workers (where she advocacy. As members of our Litigation support community-led movements. she presented a training for our staff gives an associate a leading role, a rich Partnership, individual attorneys and law and other legal services attorneys on “PJC has a stellar reputation for strong and and rare opportunity for a newer lawyer). firms provide assistance on specific PJC the federal immigration law that protects passionate advocacy and many local clinicians have We also rely on her experience for quick projects, whether by serving as co-counsel workers from employment discrimination been connected with PJC in some way—as staff advice whenever we run into something or by offering consultation or networking. based on citizenship status and attorneys, collaborators, and board members. Your we haven’t seen before. ‘Why don’t you There are more than 30 firms represented national origin. presence and your acceptance of the award seem ask Christine what she thinks’ is a common in the Litigation Partnership. The following wholly appropriate in a year in which the clinical Rebecca Teaff of Redstart Creative suggestion, and everyone knows who I were actively engaged as co-counsel or community visits Baltimore.” Margaret E. Johnson, came to the Public Justice Center to mean. She’s incredibly accessible to us, advisors this year: AALS Clinical Conference Planning Committee help interested project staff learn how compassionate with our clients, and at Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP to create infographics in order to better the same time, one of the smartest, best Traditionally the local law clinicians agree on a local Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC deliver messages to the larger community, organized, and toughest litigators I’ve partner to honor with their Per Diem Award. The legislators and others. encountered. Add to that, she’s served on Goldman & Minton, PC Per Diem Award encourages the conference our Board, now serves on our Leadership participants to contribute to the awardee. At the Four law students from Boston Gordon Feinblatt LLC Council, helps lead our Litigation award lunch, a hat was passed, and the collected University School of Law spent their Partnership, and is a steadfast financial Gordon, Wolf & Carney, Chtd. donations amounted to $5,643. Wow. spring break in Baltimore’s Rent Court. supporter. She’s truly our Renaissance Howard B. Hoffman, Attorney at Law With their assistance during the rent In his acceptance speech, Executive Director Lawyer!” dockets, we engaged 67 tenants, leading James & Hoffman, PC John Nethercut spoke about the PJC’s mission of to full representation in six cases. There Outstanding Partner Award systemic advocacy, and how the PJC is evolving to Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander were some nice outcomes, whether Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC has better use race equity analysis and community Ria P. Rochvarg, PA through coached self-representation or been an outstanding partner on several lawyering to support community-led organizing. representation by an attorney, including: cases with our Workplace Justice Project. Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP In the afternoon, John led a discussion of the two successful defensive rent escrow They are incredibly smart, talented and Stephen H. Sachs development of models of how lawyers and claims and a third which led to the committed to advancing the law for our Smitson Law LLC organizers may work together, beginning in the landlord’s settling the case with waiver of clients, and their generosity is without 1970s and 1980s before federal legal services five months’ rent; four successful motions peer. Despite having active and time- Venable LLP to dismiss for lack of lead certificate or consuming case loads of their own, providers were restricted from organizing, up Bradford Warbasse, Attorney at Law through the current vision of community lawyering. city licensing, leading to three dismissals CMST’s attorneys routinely lend their and one judgment in favor of the tenant; precious time to advocate on behalf of In total, legal professionals donated pro The Public Justice Center’s Ralikh Hayes also and finally, two continued cases for further the low-wage workers we represent. And, bono hours valued in excess of $1.8 participated on a panel as a member of Baltimore testimony and/or trial the following week. they don’t give up! When one of our million to build a just society. Thank you! Bloc and Baltimore Algebra Project that discussed defendants defaulted in a case we were Guests at the PJC 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION “#BlackLivesMatter and Clinical Legal Education.” Photo by WIDE ANGLE YOUTH MEDIA co-counseling, CMST tracked down his property in New York and filed post-

22 | PJC 2016 PJC 2016 | 23 The whole thing was soooo good. You couldn’t leave the event without feeling that PJC is a remarkable What an inspirational night …life changing! organization energized by remarkable people. ... (T)his event ... bathed the PJC in a beautiful glowing light. The night was an unqualified success. Carry on with the vital work you do. — Dudley Mason — Carl Luty

WOW THANK YOU CELEBRATING 30 YEARS

On May 11, 2016, the Public Justice Center Photo: Suzanne Levin-Lapides celebrated 30 years of excellence in legal advocacy with a spectacular evening at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. The event was a thrilling success! Nearly 700 people enjoyed featured keynote speaker Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, the author of Just Mercy and the recipient of a MacArthur Genius Award. Desmond Tutu has called Mr. Stevenson “America’s young Nelson Mandela.” He has also been hailed as one of America’s most important voices. We couldn’t agree more.

In tribute to the intersection between the arts and social justice, our guests created a mural with street artist Nether, which was installed later at the PJC offices, and participated in a Wide Angle Youth Media photo shoot. New Lens created a film honoring recipients of the 2016 John P. Sar- banes Courage Award. Students from Baltimore School for the Arts and 901 Arts provided music. #JUSTisTRENDING

Gala photo credits unless noted are: Steve Walsh, Aidan Walsh and Warren Cook.

PUBLIC JUSTICE CENTER 30TH ANNIVERSARY SPONSORS Jane Harrison Philip and Brenda Rever Robin Caiola and MEDIA PARTNERS Dennis and Maxine Arnsdorf PRESENTING SPONSOR GOLD SPONSORS SILVER UNDERWRITERS Kramon & Graham PA BRONZE UNDERWRITERS Iliff, Meredith, Wildberger & Alison and Arnold Richman Kevin Sheekey WYPR 88.1 FM Constance H. Baker – Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff and Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP Belsky Weinberg & Northeast Regional Council Taro Adachi, MD, FACOG Brennan, P.C. Gregory P. Care In honor of Horowitz, LLC of Carpenters Vicki Schultz and Oz Bengur The Daily Record John Meyerhoff, M.D. DLA Piper LLP Anonymous Richard Jacobs and Pat Lasher Deborah T. and Neil Eisenberg Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff Ellen and Ed Bernard Ober | Kaler Shawe & Rosenthal LLP CityBizList Lois Feinblatt Ates Law Firm, P.C. Joseph Greenwald & Laake, PA LCR Jazzy Events Kenneth Bancroft JUST SOCIETY SPONSOR Michael Booth and Rosenberg Martin The Time Group Comcast Goldman & Minton, PC BaldwinLaw LLC David Kandel and Betsy Krieger Nathans & Biddle, LLP Herbert J. Belgrad Gallagher Evelius & Kristine Smets Greenberg, LLP TNHYIF REIV Tango LLC GIFTS AND TICKET Kahn, Smith & Collins, PA Ballard Spahr LLP Lebau & Neuworth, LLC Ria P. Rochvarg, P.A. Jessica Bello Jones LLP Paul Caiola and Vanessa Billings Sheila and Steve Sachs University of Baltimore PURCHASES Messana P.A. Baltimore Corps Deloris Mabins Harriet Stulman Michael Booth and Cohen Milstein Sellers & Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. School of Law Syed Kumail Ali Kristine Smets DESSERT SPONSOR Robert Meyerhoff and Toll PLLC Susan Bennett and Aaron Merki Themis Bar Review LLC Rheda Becker Stevenson University John Eidleman Alicia Wilson Bonnie C. Allan Boyce-Mansfield United Food and Bill Geenen | University of Maryland Miles & Stockbridge Wolman Family Foundation SPECIAL PARTNERS Farid Amin Charitable Gift Fund Commercial Workers Elizabeth K. Moser Communication Design Ward and Christie Coe Foundation Carey School of Law FRIENDS OF THE The Ivy Bookshop Daniel Andorsky Carter Michel and International Union Nancy and David Paige Gordon Feinblatt LLC Emried and Wandaleen Cole Tom and Cindi Monahan Zuckerman Spaeder LLP CELEBRATION Lord Baltimore Hotel Anonymous (2) Henry D. Brigham Venable Foundation Gordon, Wolf & Carney, Chtd. The Duker/McArdle Family Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC #JUSTisArts SPONSOR Charitable Fund Anonymous ROUGE Fine Catering Violet Apple Kathleen M. Cahill Whiteford, Taylor & The Hatcher Group Ronnie Reno Anonymous Preston, LLP Michele and Neil Gilman

24 | PJC 2016 PJC 2016 | 25 SPECIAL THANKS #JUSTIsArts Partners 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE Baltimore Symphony Jasmine Jones Pro Video Group LLC Access Art Von Vargas Paul Caiola Erin Brock Suzanne Levin-Lapides Joy Sakamoto-Wengel, Esq. Orchestra staff Nancy Kochuk Rachael Shannon Luminous Intervention Wide Angle Gregory Care, Esq. Deloris Mabins, CFRE Jim Salvucci, Ph.D. Heather Bradbury Youth Media CO-CHAIR Carl Luty Karen Stults Ryan Bair and Elizabeth Embry, Esq. Eliza McDermott Danielle Schwartz Shapiro Cindy Clark Luka Stefanovic 901 Arts Georgia McCandlish Von Vargas Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff Bill Geenen Megan McDermott Cheyenne Smith Marshall Clarke Nether Caitlin McCaskey Becky Wagner CO-CHAIR Thomas X. Glancy, Jr., Esq. John Nethercut Alicia Wilson, Esq. Zachary Garmoe New Lens Diana Morris Rebecca Yenawine Allison Gulick Darah Okeke, Esq. Jean Zachariasiewicz, Esq. Rashad Hawkins Alvin Munoz Fagan Harris Linda Richardson Ralikh Hayes Jennifer K. Pelton, CFRE

Above: I attended the event with nine of my students from CCBC. It was a great thrill and honor for all of them to hear and meet Bryan Stevenson, especially after they had read Just Mercy this semester. Congratulations to you all for your amazing work and this great and momentous occasion. —Michael L. Sanow, Ph.D., Professor, Sociology, The Community College of Baltimore County

Robert Caiola and Sally Collier Kathleen Elliott Victoria Grace Andrea Hoffman George and Shelley Korch Eleanor McMillan Diana Philip Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg Osman Bengur Rebecca Wagner – In honor – In honor of Paul Caiola Louis B. Thalheimer & Juliet A. Lawrence S. and Richard H. Holden Karen Kreisberg Marilyn Meyerhoff – In honor Frederick Preis Tricia Rubacky and Bill Merritt – Paul Seaton and John Seeley of Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff Gayle Carney Eurich Philanthropic Fund Shirley K. Greenwald Emily Hoppe Francine and Allan Krumholz of Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff Eleanor C. and In honor of Jennifer Pelton Ronald and Kathryn Shapiro William and Salli Ward Cheryl Casciani – In honor of Susan Russell Dorie Fain Stephen and Margaret Greif Ivy Bookshop Suzanne Levin-Lapides Jonathan and Edmund R. Preston Shemer Bar Review LLC Michael K. and Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff Diana Griffiths Rachel Micah-Jones Lainie W. Rutkow and Annette M. Wasno Kathleen Farno Richard Jacobs and Linda Wengel and Marni Beyer Pro Bono Resource Center Wendy Shiff Law Office of Wayne Clark LLC Decatur H. Miller of Maryland Adam Spira Fedder & Garten PA Elizabeth Grove Pat Lasher – In honor of Rhonda Lipkin and Wendy Rambo Shuford Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP Howard Cohen – In honor of Joy R. and Steve M. Elaine Freeman Kishanna Harley Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff Amy Millin Judy Richardson Alicia Wilson Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff Michele Nethercott Sakamoto-Wengel Colin Starger Thomas Gagliardo Heather Harris Sanford and Ann Jacobson Jane C. Murphy Betty Robinson David and Laura Freitag Nora Mahlberg Michelle Salomon Madaio Kerry and Donna Staton Traci Wright Keiren Havens – John and Susan Anderson Cynthia Nethercut and Harriet M. Robinson and Mary Cole Dickerman Judge Susan K. Gauvey and Karina Mandell Jim Salvucci and Marie Sennett Stephen and Elizabeth Scott Eileen Susan Yoffe David E. Kem – In honor of In honor of Jennifer Pelton Joe Altonji Donald Jennings Dennis and Anne Donohue Joseph R. and Lynn H. Halperin Vivian Manekin Michael Sanow Stevenson University Pattie Yu Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff William and Monica Henderson Laurie J. Norris Jane Baum Rodbell and The Duker/McArdle Family Katina Rojas Joy Virginia Knowlton Marcus The Honorable Kelly Swanston Jean Zachariasiewicz and Genine and Josh Fidler – Elayne Hettleman Stanley Rodbell Terence O’Hara and Molly Rath Marc Szczepaniak Jordon Steele – In honor of Charitable Fund In honor of Susan B. Katzenberg – In honor Gerard P. Martin Lisa Rodwin – John P. and Dina E. Sarbanes Jeffrey K. and th Maura Dunnigan of Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff Darah Okeke Senator Paul S. Sarbanes Richard A. Tabuteau the 30 anniversary gala Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff Michelle L. Hettleman Maryland Volunteer In honor of David Rodwin Fran and Frank Dworak Michael J. and Narindar U. Kelly Lawyers Service Barbara Orman Mary Savage Donald B. and Leigh Tobin Tamara and Barry Zavislan, Jr. Sally Gold and Elliott Zulver Jeannette Hobbins – Marilyn Rodwin – Sally and Keenan Dworak-Fisher Brian A. Goldman – In honor of In honor of Pat Lasher and Lucia and Boris Kerzner Lisa D. and William D. Mathias Bradford Curtis Peabody In honor of David Rodwin Benjamin and Peggy Schapiro Lovel Tokic Susan C. Elgin Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff Richard Jacobs Jiyoon Kim Ellen McGinnis Beth Pepper Susan and John Rohrer Victoria Schultz and Tammy L. Turner

26 | PJC 2016 PJC 2016 | 27 STAFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS & OFFICERS FY2016 INCOME STAFF NEWS John Nethercut Public Justice Center FY 2016 (July 2015 – June 2016) Executive Director AND EXPENSES INCOME Debra Gardner PRESIDENT Legal Director Thomas X. Glancy, Jr., Esq. The following information was prepared Donations from Individuals EXPENSES Belsky, Weinberg & Horowitz, LLC from end of year (June 30, 2016) financial and Law Firms ATTORNEYS statements prior to the completion of the $166,703 Monisha Cherayil PRESIDENT-ELECT annual independent audit. Personnel Sally Dworak-Fisher Alicia Wilson, Esq. $1,406,019 Your generosity made this a year to Sulma Guzmán Gordon Feinblatt LLC Foundation Grants Matthew Hill celebrate! We are grateful for the incredible (restricted) VICE PRESIDENT th $1,328,618 John Pollock outpouring of support in honor of our 30 Benjamin H. Carney, Esq. anniversary, for the donations of attorney’s Welcome, Dave! Ronnie Reno Gordon, Wolf & Carney, Chtd. fees from co-counsel, and for cy pres Dave Rodwin joined the PJC in September 2015 Camilla Roberson VICE PRESIDENT awards. In addition to donated fees, we as a Workplace Justice Fellow in the new Abell David Rodwin Foundation-funded Home Care Worker Initiative. Aaron Merki, Esq. earned attorney’s fees in successful litigation Zafar Shah Dave’s passion for economic justice began while efforts. Foundation grants held steady again Andrea Vaughn TREASURER working at a Dalit rights organization in India, Timothy Wagner, Esq., CPA this year and we were able to maintain teaching English at a vocational training center. He MURNAGHAN FELLOW Ober|Kaler steady control of expenses. Given that returned to the U.S. seeking to target domestic Anna Jagelewski (2014-15) we started the fiscal year with a projected SECRETARY human rights violations by focusing on this country’s Tassity Johnson (2015-16) deficit of $206,510, we were quite pleased Susan Francis, Esq. economic inequality. After spending much of law to end the year on firm financial footing. We school working with the homeless, he represented CERTIFIED PARALEGAL Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service erased that projected deficit and ended the a group of hotel cooks and housekeepers who had Levern Blackmon DEPUTY SECRETARY year with $147,839 positive net income. been illegally denied rest and meal breaks. These PARALEGALS Darah Okeke, Esq. individuals showed him that low-wage service-sector Emily Ford (Jesuit Erickson Living The PJC remains in a strong workers are on the front lines of the battle against Volunteer 2014-15) economic inequality. The Public Justice Center’s MEMBERS financial position financially, Patrick McDonell new Home Care Worker Initiative—which centers (Jesuit Volunteer 2015-16) Dennis Arnsdorf with more than $1.3 million in the experiences of workers who have long been Becky Reynolds subjected to racial and gender discrimination— Sidney A. Butcher, Esq. unrestricted net assets. This Hannah Walsh Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP combines Dave’s passions for education, outreach, affords us the flexibility required and litigation, all with an eye toward changing a Brenda Midkiff Gregory Care, Esq. system that exploits workers, harms those who need Office Manager Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP to advance our mission. and receive care, and allows toxic inequality Jennifer Pelton, CFRE Emried D. Cole, Jr. to flourish. Director of Development Elizabeth Embry, Esq. Strong advocacy is possible only Erin Brock Farewell, Andrea! Development Manager Lisa Pedersen, Esq. with a strong base of support, Foundation Grants (unrestricted) This year, we said farewell to staff attorney Andrea J. United Food & Commercial Workers, Intl. Ralikh Hayes and we are thankful for the $76,900 Vaughn who took a new position with the National Development Associate Asst. Professor Lainie Rutkow, Labor Relations Board. In her time with the Public people and the organizations Murnaghan Fellowship Albi Mullai Johns Hopkins University Grant Justice Center, Andrea was an ardent advocate for Development Associate Bloomberg School of Public Health $97,400 (Lutheran Volunteer who make our work possible. the rights of low-wage workers and immigrants. Non-personnel 2014-15) Christopher R. Ryon, Esq., Kahn, Smith & Collins, P.A. Thank you! Fund Raising Events $523,090 $215,959 Welcome, Sulma! VOLUNTEERS (Note: this includes $125,842 We welcomed Sulma Guzmán to the Workplace 2015-16 Jim Salvucci, PhD, Dean of event expenses.) Stevenson University Interest & Miscellaneous Justice Project. Sulma grew up in California in a Hanifat Bello The Public Justice Center, Inc. is a 501 c 3 nonprofit $2,236 farmworker family, which makes her quite familiar Owen Bement Victoria Schultz, Associate Dean organization incorporated in the State of Maryland. All Attorney’s Fees Received with issues facing low-wage workers. She earned a University of Baltimore School of Law contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent Danielle Blustein of the law. Copies of current financial statements $149,294 B.A. in political science at California State University. Asst. Professor Colin Starger Hana Clemens are available upon request by contacting the Public Cy Pres Awards Before going to law school, she worked in the University of Baltimore School of Law Justice Center at One North Charles Street, Suite 200, Hannah Cole-Chu $39,839 California Labor and Workforce Development Richard A. Tabuteau, Esq. Baltimore, MD 21201 or by telephone: (410)625-9409. Rory Coursey Documents and information submitted to the State of Agency and for the Hispanic Association of Colleges Office of the Lieutenant Governor Total Revenue Total Expenses Maryland under the Maryland Charitable Solicitations and Universities. She received her law degree from Myra Hyder $ 2,076,949 $ 1,929,109 Jason A. L. Timoll, Esq. Act are available from the Office of the Secretary of University of California, Hastings College of the Charisse Lue Law Offices of Jason A.L. Timoll State, Annapolis, MD 21401 for the cost of copying Law. Sulma then joined Legal Services of Northern and postage. Megan McDermott Unrestricted Net Assets (“Reserves”) at end of year California, where she primarily represented low- Jean Zachariasiewicz, Esq. Eric Mondesir income tenants. Sulma came east to Maryland last Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP $1,383,217 Darius Morris The Standards evaluate principles of honesty, year, and worked for CASA de Maryland on housing integrity, fairness, respect, trust, responsibility, and consumer issues. Sulma, along with PJC attorney Terre Patrick and accountability in nonprofit program Camilla Roberson, co-founded Maryland Lawyers operations, governance, human resources, SONDHEIM FELLOWS financial management and fundraising. Alliance for Race Equity and Human Rights. Taylor Love (2016) Cheyenne Smith (2015)

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“A lack of representation can lead directly to triggering the cycle of poverty 2016 REPORT and reinforcing it.”

— Ward Coe, President, Access to Justice Commission “Renewed, independent Access to Justice Commission to advocate for legal aid” Daily Record, February 1, 2016

In February, we celebrated the launch of the new, independent Access to Justice Commission. The Public Justice Center’s Executive Director John Nethercut is a founding member. He had previously served as an appointed member of the now-disbanded Maryland Judiciary’s Access to Justice Commission. The new commission will aim to expand access to the courts for those who cannot afford legal representation in civil cases, increase Marylanders’ awareness of their legal rights, and generate support within the legal and business communities for organizations that provide pro bono or low-cost legal services.

For information on our work, visit www.publicjustice.org or call 410.625.9409.